Antidiscrimination Law

Catalog description

This course will focus on the legal rules governing discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, sex, gender, age, disability, and other protected grounds. It will focus primarily on federal statutory and constitutional law regulating discrimination and equal opportunity in employment. Topics to be studied include: intentional discrimination, disparate impact, stereotyping, harassment, bona fide occupational qualifications, affirmative action, and enforcement regimes. Some attention will also be given to antidiscrimination and equality norms in European legal systems, international human rights law, and state constitutional and statutory law. A graded class participation component will include 3 short in-class presentations based on written responses to questions distributed in advance. The final grade will be based on an in- class final examination and the class participation grade.